Archives for September 17, 2012

‘But two years after Spiller was taken with the ninth overall pick, Nix has earned some well-deserved respect for his prescience.’

‘Troopers issued 50 tickets, including six DWI arrests, one drug arrest, 17 speeding tickets and 33 other vehicle and traffic law violations.’

‘”We were able to get them in some situations where it was 3rd-and-5 plus,” said defensive tackle Kyle Williams. “I think we talked about it last week we got in some bad situations on first down where they hit some quick passes on us. When you get in 3rd-and-3, 3rd-and-4 or 3rd-and-2 it’s a whole different world to try to defend. We played well enough in the run ‘D’ to put them behind the eight ball. We were able to get some pressure and get a few sacks.”‘

‘”We would rather be a physical run team that throws it when they have to or throws it on surprise situations,” Bills coach Chan Gailey said. “That is what we would rather be. We will continue to work down this path as much as we can.’

‘”I think they fared well, especially early on,” Bills safety George Wilson said of the team’s young cornerbacks, including Gilmore and second-year players Aaron Williams and Justin Rogers. “I was very pleased with how aggressive our young guys came out at corner. After last week, we gave up some plays on the outside. It can get to you as a corner, but our guys, they didn’t make excuses about last week. We went to work this week to correct those mistakes.”‘

‘Two weeks into his third pro season, Spiller is showing the full array of talents that infatuated Buffalo’s personnel men when he was running rings around college defenders at Clemson.’

‘”I felt like Buffalo fans were the greatest fans in the NFL,” Dareus said. “They support us whether we’re up or down, it doesn’t matter. There’s extended family here that made me feel welcome today. I really, really enjoyed it and I really needed it. Thank you. I want to thank my fans so much.”‘

‘Glenn lined up across from two-time Pro Bowler Tamba Hali of the Kansas City Chiefs and more than held his own in the Bills’ 35-17 win.’

‘In six days, Chan Gailey successfully changed his team’s offensive identity and seemed to make all the proper defensive tweaks to reverse what transpired against the New York Jets on opening day.’

‘”I’m very good at going vertical – getting upfield, getting what I could get,” McKelvin said. “But that time I got past that first wave. Once you get past that first wave, everything else is history.’

‘We should create payroll tax incremental financing. Every year the Bills organization will pay its payroll tax into a special lock box created by the state. This money will be used to pay the bonds that were used to borrow the money for the improvements. Over the 15-year term of the lease, $13 million a year in payments at 4 percent can amortize $150 million in improvements.’

‘While the offense scored with relative ease for three quarters, the Bills (1-1) defense made life miserable for Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel. They sacked him five times – two by Kyle Williams and one each for Alex Carrington, Marcell Dareus and Kelvin Sheppard.’

‘More importantly at this early juncture, this was a soul-cleansing triumph for a team that really needed one after all the offseason momentum they had built was crushed last week.’

‘While Super Mario wasn’t super against the Chiefs, he was at least very good, making his presence felt with two tackles, a pressure that led to a sack, a fumble recovery to set up a touchdown and a tipped pass to kill a drive. Playing with a cast on his left wrist to protect an injury, he also drew a holding penalty working against his old Houston Texans teammate, Eric Winston, to force another Chiefs punt.’

‘Spiller has been the most dynamic back in the NFL during the first two weeks. He’s averaging 10.1 yards per carry and finally, two-plus years after the Bills raised some eyebrows by picking him No. 9 overall, he’s living up to that draft status. Injured Fred Jackson should be fearing for his job.’